’ ‘Right there, babe. I need to wash the hooker stink off me.’ He stumbled out the door and into the bathroom. I jumped out of bed as soon as ... heard the shower start. I pulled on my clothes when I heard the curtain shift and by the time he started drunkenly humming, I had my laptop and book bag and hurried out the door. – ‘So what do you want to do?’ ‘What do you mean?’ ‘With writing, with your degree.’ ‘Oh,’ she said, thoughtfully tapping a pen at her bottom teeth. ‘I guess I want to be. A shiver ran up my spine. Amy smiled.“I didn’t think so. It’ll be fine babe.”She walked into the the bedroom to get changed, and I leaned against the wall, sliding down till I was sitting on the floor.Did I want to share a bed with Joe? All I could think about was his cock twitching in his pants, his intoxicating aroma, his commanding presence that I found irresistible. I couldn’t think straight. Joe had decided our sleeping arrangements, and there simply wasn’t room in my head to imagine. Lani considered. "It's more that she won't let herself think that. She won't get her hopes up." She tilted her head to look up at him. "It's a weird self-esteem thing, I guess, but Dee doesn't think she's good enough for him." Dom snorted. "Well, she's wrong. He's not good enough for her." It was a cardinal rule to harass one's teammates off the ice, even if they weren't around to appreciate it, Dom thought. He was only adhering to the code. "No one is," Lani said in stout defense of her. Suddenly Juli heard a clatter and sat up in her chair to see what was a matter. She found herself in the presence of Santa in her upstairs bedroom and smiled, but Juli was pulled over Santa’s lap while she yelled you wouldn’t dare.St. Nick didn’t give a care that Juli thought this was unfair.As she sniffled looking down at the floor, Santa settled in for the business at hand and told Juli it was her attitude that would not stand.Santa reached beneath her unbuttoned and unzipped her snug blue.